Floating on air, holding your hands,
I fly in the blue shades of
reflecting skies in your eyes,
I float into the passing sands like a
forgotten moment,
Hear the sounds that your eye-lids
make while blinking,
While I rise up in a callous mood,
soaring high.
Climbing and gliding
between the clouds
they cross golden wheat fields
waving below
perhaps the soaring sound
of a Mozart clarinet concerto
can reach such height
as the wings of an eagle in a flight

Saturday, 13 December 2008

You might be wondering, what is Taken? I’m not talking about the Steven Spielberg produced alien abduction miniseries from a few years ago.

I’m talking about the new french triller from District B13 director Pierre Morel, based on a script co-written by Robert Mark Kamen (The Transporter) and Luc Besson (The Professional). Liam Neeson stars as a father who goes on a manhunt after his daughter is kidnapped in Paris.

Taken is set to be released overseas in February 2008, and currently doesn’t have a U.S. release. I don’t see why Fox wouldn’t release this film in the states. It looks like it hasÂ lot of American sensibilities, a great cast, intense story, and fantastic cinematography.

Barack Obama is the most famous living person in the history of the world.

I’m not trying to induce an acid flashback to John Lennon’s infamous 1966 comment, “The Beatles are more popular than Jesus.” But whether you measure fame in terms of saturation or sheer numbers, it seems indisputable to me that more people know at least something about the new American president than anyone alive, at this point—or any—in the planet’s existence.

Who else could it be? One friend suggest Muhammad Ali, another Princess Diana, and a third said Bill Clinton. Surely all are global brands with enormous reach and broad appeal. But all fall short of the man-meets-the-moment frenzy unleashed by Obama.

To be sure, the digital revolution has made this feat of fame possible. Not only has it helped the son of an erstwhile Kenyan goatherd to become president, it has allowed a current Kenyan goatherd to follow the former’s journey. And he is not alone. Exponential growth in access to the Internet, satellite television and radio, cell phones, and P.D.A.’s means that breaking news now reaches virtually every corner of the globe. At the same time, population continues to grow; there are now some 6.7 billion men, women, and children on earth, an historic high.

But technology and biology don’t totally explain the Obama phenomenon. There’s no denying that the world has been utterly captivated by the new American president with the international pedigree. His black African father, white American mother, Muslim middle name, and childhood spent partially in Asia make him more than the 21st-century embodiment of the classic American melting pot; his story makes him accessible to people the world over who might see in his life a few scenes from their own.

That someone like Obama could be elected president of the United States—with its unrivaled power and prestige—has begun to restore the country’s and the world’s faith in America as the land of opportunity. Gone is the hunkered-down defensiveness of the past eight years, the lock-the-doors, draw-the-curtains, load-the-guns-to-keep-out-the-bad-guys mentality that turned so much of the world against us. In its place is the restoration of that classic American optimism, eyes lifted to the horizon, reaching out across continents and oceans, not in fear, but with faith that we can help build a better world. It was no accident that President Obama’s first televison interview from the White House went not to an American network but to an Arab one.

As Obama himself has acknowledged again and again, he begins his first term at a moment of profound crisis. The road ahead with be difficult, as gauzy goals give way to difficult decisions, and people from Chicago to Cairo, to Nairobi, find reasons to be disappointed. But at least for the moment, Obama has made America cool again—and more than that, he’s made his own brand arguably the most powerful the world has ever known.

About Me

Blog Name: Yellow-Phoenix
Age: thirties
Sex: male
Status: taken
Occupation: Nurse
Hair: black
Eyes: black
Built: medium built
Complexion: fair
Height: 5 feet 5 inches
Weight: 60 kgs
Blood Type: A+
Yellow-Phoenix
is funny, i think i'm just a natural clown who loves to see everybody laughing.
moody sometimes
unpredictable (i love the thrill of spontaneity)
adventurous? - i love to go to different places and try new things
sometimes boring.( you cannot talk to me, most especially when im bz.)
an occasional beer drinker? bwahaha!
a stevie wonder fanatic ( he's songs are really brilliant!)
a trying hard singer,(no comment)
an addict texter (can't live without my mobile!)
is sensitive,given to deep thinking, capable of great sympathy. He can be extremely short-tempered,however. He is well respected but sometimes he come into conflict with older people or those in authority. He is a natural leader. He has a strong sense of his own dignity, and if he find himself in the ranks, he can be stubborn and obstinate. In positions of power he can be difficult through stimulating bosses.
a mystery unraveled at your own risk!

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